Thursday 16th May, 2019

Abetifi (E/R), May 16, GNA - Mr Bryan
Acheampong, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abetifi Constituency in
collaboration with the Kwahu East District Assembly has sponsored a mock
examinations for final year Junior High School (JHS) candidates in the
constituency.

The exercise worth GH¢ 20,000.00 was
organised with support from the District's Education Directorate to prepare the
candidates for the upcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

At a short ceremony to present the
sponsorship package to the education directorate for the mock, Mr Isaac
Agyapong, the Kwahu East District Chief Executive on behalf of the MP said,
1,169 students in seven circuits, in the district’s public and private schools
would be taking part in the mock examination.

He said 57 schools including; 10 private
schools and 47 public schools would be taking part in the mock.

The DCE said the MP through the district assembly
engaged 95 qualified examiners from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC)
comprising examination markers, supervisors, invigilators and examiners to
monitor the exercise.

He said the gesture formed part of the MP's
quest to improve academic performance in schools in the constituency and
assured that the exercise would be conducted annually.

Mr Agyapong therefore entreated the pupils
to do away with fear and concentrate on their books so as to come out
successfully after the BECE.

Ms Ivy Owusu, the Kwahu East District
Director of Education, commended the MP and the DCE for instituting such an
exercise to promote quality education delivery in the District.

She said the gesture would go a long way to
help the students to overcome fear and panic that resulted in their poor
performance.

Ms Owusu therefore called for a collective
effort in sustaining the programme to help improve academic performances in
schools across the District.